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Oct 01 2012

Bloomberg

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Allscripts Said to Hire Citigroup to Explore Company Sale

Oct 01 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act begins its two-pronged impact on the way hospitals receive payment for care provided to Medicare patients, arguably the most significant pay-for-performance program impacting acute care facilities in federal history.

Oct 01 2012

Kaiser Health News

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In the past few years, coupons and discount cards have become nearly ubiquitous for prescription drugs. Such incentives are available for 395 medications, according to a recent report from industry consultant IMS Health

Sep 27 2012

TwinCities.com

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Minnesota gets $42.5M to help develop health insurance exchange

Sep 26 2012

PRNewswire

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Calloway Laboratories, a leading national clinical toxicology lab, announced that Ampersand Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Calloway. 

Sep 26 2012

Redorbit

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Retail Benefits Announces Acquisition of MY HSA Rewards

Sep 26 2012

NPR.org

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Many states are designing their insurance exchanges, where people will be able to shop for coverage.  But just the word “exchange” sounds to many like off-putting government-speak, and some states are eager to come up with a more appealing name for these new marketplaces.

Sep 26 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Doctors are working less, seeing fewer patients, and many would quit if they could, a sweeping survey of 13,575 physicians from across the nation shows.

Sep 26 2012

Fiscal Times

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Seniors getting knee replacements went from 31.2 procedures per 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries in 1991 to 62.1 procedures per 10,000 in 2010. There are now about 600,000 knee replacement operations costing $9 billion a year at the nation’s hospitals.

Sep 26 2012

Bloomberg

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Hospitals Warned by U.S. on Medicare Electronic Billing

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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